title: Patient empowerment and health care reform.
authors.affiliation: Patrice V. Sminkey, RN, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC), the first and largest nationally accredited organization that board-certifies case managers. To date, more than 35,000 professionals have been awarded the Certified Case Manager certification. For more information, please see www.ccmcertification.org.
authors.forename: Patrice V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Sminkey
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D014481:United States